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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini 7 technical debriefing, dated December 23, 1965, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was made from tape recordings of the crew debriefing held December 19 to 21, 1965 at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. In it, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell go through countdown, powered flight, insertion, station keeping with the booster, systems, experiments and training. The table of contents also lists a section on visual sightings during orbital flight.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: December 19-21, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 7 flight crew debriefing conducted December 19-21, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Lights and flashes are mentioned and there is discussion about having proper illumination for vehicle docking. Borman and Lovell discuss celestial and terrestrial observational anomalies and note sightings of Mercury, meteors, aurora, and lightning. They also discuss not being able to see any stars once the Sun comes up.
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51 if this oscillation doesn' t s top, I' ll have to punch the main chute on the amber l ight, rather than the altimeter . But the oscil l~tions did stop. 6. 11 Hain Chute Deployment Boman I punched the main chute at 10 , 600 f eet as indicated on the altimeter , and just a millisecond. aft er that, the yellow l i ght came on the 10.6 barostat l ight . The thing deployed immedia t ely into a reefed condit ion , and we examined it in the reefed condition and it l ooked very good_ LoveJl Frank thought it was in the reef ed con<lition for 3 months . Borman It seemed like it s tayed reefed for a long time , then it unreefe <l , and I couldn ' t find one gore or one pane l that was ripped or frayed or anything. Lovell It was a good chl1te . Borman Perf ect chute. 6. 12 Post Main Checklist Rorman We accompl ished the post main checklist, anrl then we braced oursel ves very well and wen t to the single point. of attitun e . 6.13 Single Point Re l ease Bormim When we went to the s ingle point attitude it was exactly the same as we had had it at St . Louie--where they ' d rigged--they had a test after John and Gus ' s fl ight . They put a test capsul e suspens ion at St . Louis, and this was
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